It’s amateur latin finals tonight
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Go valentin chmerkovskiy!

It’s amateur latin finals tonight
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Go valentin chmerkovskiy!
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Where everyone snacks and socializes between competition rounds.
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How gorgeous is this dress – only £6500 which is about $13000.
Inside pavilion at trim-it booth.
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Fabric shopping for my friend mika who couldn’t come.
Entrance to exhibition pavilion
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Where costume and jewelry designers and others sell their dance competition merchandise.
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Tonight is latin “Seniors” – over thirty-five!! -and rising star ballroom. None of my favorites but i still love just watching people dance to fun music.
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Practice area for competitors in back of ballroom.
So I’m finally able to connect my computer at the internet cafe, but the wireless connection is bad and intermittent. Plus, there are only two tables with a close outlet so I had to wait nearly 1/2 hour to plug in, and I’m getting several evil eyes right now… Anyway, I managed to download all of my pictures that I took during the first two days (including opening Congress — series of lectures) and the team match. I don’t have all of the captions up and correct, but please look at my pics under photos, under 2007 under Blackpool (don’t have time to link now!). I’m also posting via mobile phone (can’t wait to see my T-Mobile bill when I return…) — pics my cellphone takes are crappy, so sorry about that, but it may be the best I can do until I get home. I have soooo much to write about! OOh, have just been told my little internet cafe is closing in 10 minutes, so now I have to get out of here… I’ll try to write more tomorrow, but if I can’t get a coveted outlet table, I’ll write when I get back home… please enjoy my pics in the meantime 🙂
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Amateur latin qualifying rounds monday morning. Like in olympics some amateurs are better than pros. Many have sponsors, no annoying day jobs.
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The elevator in my hotel has no internal door – scary!
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I think every dancer from dancing with the stars is in here right now and no one’s getting mobbed – dancers get no respect!
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Jonathan wilkins & katusha demidova demonstrate perfect waltz during opening lectures.